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Friday, July 8, 2011

Longan Pudding/Jelly, and the new winner of my 1st giveaway for "other countries"

I made this Longan Pudding 2 days ago as the weather here was so hot and hazy, about 2 weeks no rain at my place. I need something to cool me down...

You know what, after i made this jelly, my place started to rain, hahaha....

The original recipe is using soy milk, but soy milk was run out stock and i was lazy to go out to get some, I replaced evaporated milk with soy milk. I like the texture of this pudding, not too soft and not too firm. But my kids and hubby still prefer the soymilk pudding with palm sugar syrup and minced ginger that i prepared earlier.

Method
1. Mix agar-agar powder, gelatin powder, sugar and water in a saucepan, cook over low medium heat until bubbles form around the edges of the saucepan.
2. Add in milk and Longan syrup, stir and mix well. Add in lemon juices and turn off heat, keep aside to cool for 5mins.
3. Pour the mixture into prepared jelly cups, let it cool for 30mins and firm on top.
4. Spoon canned Longans and 1-2tbsp of Longan syrup on top, refrigerate until set.
5. Serve cool.

Ya, before I forgot, I draw again for new winner under "other countries" category for my 1st giveaway as the winner did not send me an email to claim the gifts from me. The new winner this time is " Three -cookies" from Sweden..quickly come to claim your gift as I don't want to draw again, hehehe..

Am feeling cold this week as the temparature drop to -0.4C last few days. Excited coz we all love cold weather than hot. haha... planning not to use heater this winter. See whether we can stand it or not.Aiyoh! why i still miss the 2nd draw har? hehe... make sure u draw me next time ok? (just joking)

This looks lovely! I already looked it up and I can substitute tapioca for the agar agar flour. However, I am not having luck finding a sub for the longan. The only thing mentioned online is canned pineapple. Do you think it would taste remotely the same? Or is the longan fruit the real base of this recipe? It just looks so interesting!

Barefeet in the kitchen, I think should be alright to replace canned pineapple instead of Longan, or you can replace with Lychee also good. But usually here we prefer Longan and lychee for this kind of pudding . And I feel tapioca can not replace with agar agar powder, they are two difference ingredients. Why not search it in your nearby Asian grocery store.

It's been a hectic week and the computer is also running slow. So frusted. Hopefully, everything will be back to normal again soon. Still a long list to catch up with others. Congrats to the winner. Btw, you jelly sounds too good for this kind of weather.Kristy

Lovely dessert for the weather, what's more with the visiting haze. Just wondering, there is lemon juice in the list of ingredients but no mention of it in the method, so wonderinh when do we put in the lemon juice - just before serving is it? Thanks!

Hi, I'm gen. May I ask your recipe is for how many cups of pudding/ Planning to do about 30 cups for my son's birthday in 2 weeks. Is it as soft as the packet type of ready-made pudding (instant) mix we buy?Thanks!